A prospective buyer of the shuttered Parc England Hotel wants to demolish, rather than reopen, the adjacent Bistro on the Bayou restaurant.

A letter recently received by the England Authority from an attorney representing the Bank of Montgomery, which bought leases on the hotel and restaurant at a bankruptcy auction last month, offered some details.

In the letter, the bank proposes to sell its interest in the hotel lease for $500,000. With the closing of that sale, the England Authority would agree to cancel the lease on Bistro on the Bayou and the bank would demolish that building.

The England Authority Board of Commissioners briefly discussed the offer in open session, then went into executive session to discuss privately how it might relate to potential litigation surrounding the hotel and restaurant.

The board took no action on the offer, which, according to the letter, expired Friday afternoon.

Meanwhile, at least one other prospect has expressed interest in buying the leases on the hotel and restaurant in an email to England Authority Executive Director Jon Grafton, who referred all inquiries to BOM.

A representative from BOM could not be reached for comment.

Parc England and Bistro on the Bayou have been closed since September. BOM bought leases on the properties for $650,000 at auction, but because the bank was owed more than that by the former owner of the properties, it can count that against the debt it holds rather than paying it out of pocket.

The prospect of the Bistro on the Bayou building being demolished concerns some local hotel owners who feel that could facilitate the building of a new community center at England Airpark.

The Board of Commissioners have discussed a $4.6 million project to replace the airpark's current community center, which is across Frank Andrews Boulevard from the hotel and restaurant.

Those plans were put on hold in January over concerns it would take business away from private sector event venues in the area, and have not been addressed since.